AI Engineer, World Modeling & Video Generation, Tesla AI

Description:
Video generation models have made significant progress recently but continue to struggle with respecting physics, causality, and fine controllability. At Tesla, we’re training world models on millions of hours of real-world action-conditioned video using one of the biggest compute clusters. Instead of generating more AI slop, our goal is to faithfully reproduce real-world successes and failures, on both the bot and car platform, for the purposes of evaluation and closed-loop reinforcement learning.
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Responsibilities:
Design and train action-conditioned video generation models that predict future frames and sensor states
Develop causal, physics-aware architectures that model interactions, motion, and environmental dynamics
Integrate 3D generative techniques such as Gaussian Splatting and volumetric rendering for high-fidelity realism
Implement closed-loop training systems where models iteratively refine predictions through feedback and simulation
Optimize distributed pipelines for large-scale multimodal training and real-time inference
Collaborate across Autonomy and Robotics to align model design, evaluation, and deployment

Requirements:
Expertise in generative video or world model architectures
Strong background in spatiotemporal modeling, 3D scene understanding, or neural simulation
Proficiency with PyTorch or JAX
Experience in large-scale distributed training, especially the different forms of parallelism
Familiarity with reinforcement or imitation learning in simulated or embodied environments
Curiosity about building intelligent systems that understand and generate the world around them

Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
Tesla Babies program
Commuter benefits
Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation
$176,000 - $420,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.